Artaxerxes’ Reply

¹⁷ The king sent a reply to his chief deputy Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their colleagues living in Samaria and elsewhere in the region west of the Euphrates River:

² according to the foreknowledge^(A) of God the Father and set apart by the Spirit^(B) for obedience^(C) and for sprinkling with the blood^(D) of Jesus Christ.

May grace and peace be multiplied to you.